Preindustrial Age: 1790-1860s Level 1 By Kasha Mastrodomenico www.socialstudiesdifferentiatedin struction.com blog

Vocabulary Technology: industrial process leading to inventions Transportation: a way someone travels from one place to another Invention: something that is created Domestic System: a manufacturing process in which people make items in their homes with materials supplied by entrepreneurs Factory System: a manufacturing process in which capital, raw materials and labor are all centralized in a factory Interchangeable parts: parts that can be removed and replaced with other parts Mass production: producing a large amount of a good at low prices Manufactured goods: goods made by machinery in large quantities Leisure: time free of work Work ethic: the belief that work can improve a persons character and give them importance

Essential Questions How did social and economic life change as the United States began to move from an agrarian to an industrial society? How did geographic factors contribute to this change?

Technological Changes Altered the Way People Dealt with One Another Better transportation made travel and communication easier Turnpikes: toll roads built by private citizens or by the federal government National Road (Cumberland Road): ran east to west starting in Baltimore and eventually ending in Illinois Canals: faster than roads Railroads: faster than canals Stop national road film at 2:00

The Impact of Early Industrialization and Technological Changes “Domestic System” to the “Factory System” An increase in the production of goods for sale rather than personal use Samuel Slater: He memorized blueprints from a British mill and opened the first industrial mill in the US in 1770 Increased the speed and productivity of spinning cotton into yarn Recruited farm girls to operate machines in factories (Changing Roles of Women) Lowell Massachusetts: mill town 1828 Paid girls less; “Lowell Girls” Eli Whitney: Cotton Gin separated seeds from the plant (expanded slavery) Rifles: Interchangeable parts Mass production Reference: http://www.ushistory.org/us/22a.asp

The Impact of Early Industrialization and Technological Changes People began to buy manufactured goods instead of homemade goods. Cheaper and gave them more time for fun because they didn’t have to make it at home

The Impact of Early Industrialization and Technological Changes Beginning of a new work ethic People could borrow money easily so new businesses started and the American dream, if you work hard you can do anything, grew.

Family Roles Changed, Affecting Society in General Children used to work on family farms and in the home which left little time for school and play. Machines decreased work hours for some which gave them more time for fun. Childhood became a more distinct stage of life because of the increase of money. More time for play Less responsibilities More school Children from poor families Began working in factories because they could be paid less and the machines didn’t need strength Conditions were bad http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080911073043AAB7FDB

Essential Questions How did social and economic life change as the United States began to move from an agrarian to an industrial society? How did geographic factors contribute to this change?